tear apart
phrasal verbtear somebody apart/up
- to make somebody feel very unhappy or worried
使不快；使担心 - It tears me apart to think I might have hurt her feelings.
一想到我可能伤害了她的感情，我就感到痛心。 - His distress tore me up inside.
他的痛苦使我内心撕裂。
- It tears me apart to think I might have hurt her feelings.
tear something apart
- to destroy something violently, especially by pulling it to pieces
撕毁；撕碎 - The dogs tore the fox apart.
几条狗把那只狐狸撕成了碎片。
- The dogs tore the fox apart.
- to make people in a country, an organization or other place fight or argue with each other
使四分五裂；使分崩离析 - Divisive politics is tearing our country apart.
分裂的政治正在分裂我们的国家。
- Divisive politics is tearing our country apart.
- to search a place, making it look untidy and causing damage
把（某处）翻得凌乱不堪 - They tore the room apart, looking for money.
他们为了找钱，把房间翻得乱七八糟。
- They tore the room apart, looking for money.